Cigar lighter and the like



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I C. H. CUNO CIGAR LIGHTER AND THE LIKE Filed July 29. 1924 Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,539,545 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. CUNO, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, AS'SIGNOR TO THE CUNO ENGINEER- ING CORPORATION, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

CIGAR LIGHTER AND THE LIKE.

Application filed July 29, 1924. Serial No. 728,837.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ci-mnnns II. CUNo, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mcriden, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Cigar Lighter and the like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to cigar lighters, trouble lamps, etc., and the con struction of the casing and means for supporting it on the instrument board of an K automobile or the like.

The main object is to simplify and cheapen the construction and facilitate its installation.

Another object is to mount the cigar lighter or the like in such amanner as to avoid defacing the instrument board.

Another object is to make the construction more compact.

In carrying out the invention the casing for the reel is provided with a projecting shelf or flange adapted to be secured to the lower edge of the instrument board. Details of the preferred form will be understood from the accompanyingsingle sheet drawings and description.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing parts of the device separated.

Figure 2 is a side view showing the device mounted on the lower edge of a wooden instrument board.

Figure 3, which is a smaller view, shows the device mounted 011 the lower edge of a metal instrument board or dash.

The casing is preferably made up of sheet metal and may consist of a strip 5 secured to the edges of the opposite side plates 6-6 and a face plate 7. The reel 8 may be of any suitable construction as shown. for instance, in the prior Cuno Patents Nos. 1,379,013, or 1,422.180. The conductor or cable 9 carries at its outer end a holder 10 for a trouble lamp or cigar lighter of any suitable construction.

The parts of the casing may be held to gethcr in any suitable manner. In the instance illustrated the edges of the strip 5 are headed at 1]. so as to embrace the edges of the side plates 6 and these beads are provided with perforations through which the lugs 12 extending from the edges of the plates 6 may pass and be bent over to lock the parts together. The sides of the casing are also held together by the spindle or shaft 13 of the drum or reel. The face plate 7 is preferably provided with flanges 14 which embrace the front edges of the sides 6. The strip 5 is provided with lugs 15 and 16 which are bent over the upper and lower ends of the face plate 7.

The terminals 17 and 18 of the device may conveniently be secured to the part 5 of the casing. Such a device may be provided with any convenient form of cut-out or switching means such as is disclosed in the foregoing patents, or it may be provided with a switch having an operating button 19 so that the circuit is normally open but may be closed by pressure on the button 19.

The lower end of the face plate 7 is pro vided with a collar 20 secured in place, for instance, by spinning or fianging the inner edge or by a nut at the back of the face plate. Such a construction is usually secured to the back of the instrument board and provided with a tube which projects through the board. This, of course, requires the cutting of a hole in the board and means that the cigar lighter or lamp must project a substantial distance beyond the instrument board. To avoid these objections I provide the face plate 7 with a flange or shelf 22 which projects forwardly and is adapted to be secured directly to the lower edge of the instrument board 23, for instance, by means of one or more screws 24 which pass upwardly through the holes 25. For convenience in manufacture this face plate is formed of two angular parts suitably secured to the body of the casing so that the shelf 22 is of double thickness, and therefore, of maximum stiffness with a minimum amount of metal. The two thicknesses of the shelf may be suitably riveted or welded together or made of a single piece of metal bent back upon itself.

Such a construction can be readily installed by anyone in a very few minutes without disfiguring the instrument board. Furthermore this construction leaves the cigar lighter much less obtrusive than if seated in the outer face of the instrument board where the lighter would necessarily project much further. Obviously the installation would be the same on a metal covered wood instrument board.

In case the instrument board 26 is of metal the cigar lighter may be secured to the lower flange by means of one or more bolts 27.

Obviously such a construction can be read-- ily removed from the instrument board without disfiguring it or leaving any visible opening.

I claim:

1. A construction of the character described comprising a reel casing having a face late with an opening at one end for the cigar lighter or the like and provided with a projecting flange or shelf adapted to be secured to the under edge of the instrument board of an automobile.

2. A construction of the character described comprising a reel casing having a flange or shelf projecting outwardly from its front edge adapted to be secured to the under edge of the instrument board of an automo bile and having a cable opening beneath said flange.

3. A construction of the character described comprising a reel casipg having a face plate with an opening at one end for a cigar lighter or the like and provided with an integral forwardly projecting supporting flange or shelf.

4. A construction of the character described comprising a reel casing having a substantially horizontal supporting shelf projecting forwardly from the front edge and provided with an opening for a vertical supporting screw.

5. A construction of the character described comprising a reel casing having a two-part face late with an opening at one end for the cigar lighter or the like and provided with a double projecting supporting flange or shelf.

6. A construction of the character described com rising a D shaped reel casing composed o a U shaped strip having lugs at its opposite ends and a face plate having its upper, and lower ends embraced by said lugs, side plates interlocked with the edges of said strip and the edges of said face plate,

a reel in said casing having a spindle sup orted in said side plates, said face plate iaving an outwardly projecting supporting flange intermediate its upper and lower ends,

and a cable opening below said flange.

7. A construction of the character described comprising a reel casing composed of a strip having beads on its opposite edges, side lates having lugs projecting through said heads, a face plate having said flanges embracing the front edges of the said plates, the opposite ends of said strip having lugs bent over the upper and lower ends of said face late, said face plate having an out ward y projecting supporting flange or shelf intermediate the upper and lower ends, and an opening forthe conductor cable of a cigar lighter below said flange.

8. A construction of the character described comprising a reel casing, a forward ly projecting supporting flange connected thereto, and an anchorage member extending upwardly through said flange for securing said flange to the lower edge of an instrument board.

9. A construction of the character described comprising a casing havin an opening provided with a seat, a reef mounted within said casing, a holder member movably seated in said opening, a cable connecting said reel and said holder, and a sub stantially horizontal supporting flange above said opening having one or more openings for attaching screws or bolts adapted to be secured in substantially vertical position in the lower edge of an instrument board.

10. A construction of the character described comprising a reel casing having an openin in its lower front portion with a seat a jacent thereto, a flange member extending forwardly from said casing above and in advance of said seat for securing said casing to the lower edge of an instrument board, and a holder normally held in said seat below said flange member.

CHARLES H. CUNO. 

